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Author Archives: Ian
Books and Being Offline
*another hot minute passes* *the author wonders just where the hell that phrase originated, anyway* I’ve managed to close a couple of the loops I was talking about in the last post. I finished up both The Birthday of the … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Books, Personal, Writing
Tagged being offline, books, friends, john scalzi, mental health, neil gaiman, rain, shivering deeps, ursula k leguin, writing
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Open Loops
Whoops, it’s been a minute. Life happens, you know? I’ve been doing some thinking and I think I’m bogged down recently by having too many open loops. I’m borrowing the term from Getting Things Done, which basically means “things I … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Infosec, Learning, Personal, Writing
Tagged accountability, anarchism, anxiety, brain, cars, computers, dayjob, depression, editing, feelings, ianlearnsinfosec, infosec, jobhunt, organization, school, shivering deeps, stress, technology, writing
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Essential Reading: Protestors Stop Alt-Right at Hamilton Pride
CWs (incl. for linked article): violence, cops, acab, alt-right, blood, anti-LGBT slurs Sometimes, people are fucking badass. We need more activism like this at Pride events, and also all the time. Anarchist activists took it upon themselves to block alt-right … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Sharing Stuff
Tagged alt right, anarchism, anarchists, canada, direct action, lgbt, news, pride, protest, queer, sharing stuff
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Fresh Disappointment in 30 Minutes or Less
Guess who has two thumbs and got rejected with a form letter two days after applying to that job he really wanted? This guy! *sigh* I mean, so it goes. But it’s frustrating. I did e-mail one of the people … Continue reading
Library Application Submitted!
Woof, and it’s in! I applied to a position that’s opened up at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. You know, that place I volunteer that I super ove? In a field I really care about? In a subfield … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged accessibility, jobhunt, jobs, librarianship, libraries, wtbbl
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(Animal) Crossing Back Over Into New Leaf
I picked up my copy of Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the first time in ages this week. I bought it when I went to visit my family this last Christmas, and didn’t play it much after I got back. … Continue reading
Posted in Video Games, Writing About Games
Tagged 3DS, animal crossing, animal crossing new leaf, housing, nintendo, video games
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Essential Reading: Half of Americans Are Effectively Poor Now
This article stressed the hell out of me over the weekend, but what it’s saying is important to know. We’ve reached the point where about half of Americans can’t afford the basics. At least not all at the same time. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged capitalism, money, politics, revolution, screaming internally, sharing stuff
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City Living
Author’s note: This one’s a bit of a ramble. Also Content Warning for some mental health discussion. Last night, I was having trouble getting to sleep. Well, more trouble than my usual, which is borderline narcoleptic. So probably the average … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged depression, feelings, life, mental health, personal, seattle
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Horribly Cute
No big post today, just Jerry, showing the horror that goes into him being so cute. He SHEDS. And sometimes, I manage to catch him partway through. You can see a big flap of old skin hanging out over his … Continue reading
Summer Projects
In theory, this list could be pretty much infinite, because I’m me and I always want to do more than I can. But I thought it’d be good to put some of my project ideas out into the world. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Art, Infosec, Learning, Notes, Personal, Technology, Writing
Tagged accountability, art, computers, drawing, fixingthings, gradschool, ianlearnsinfosec, japanese, jobs, librarianship, programming, python, retrocomputing, self improvement, shiveringdeeps, technology, writing, zines
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